Ultimate bitsa bass, status graphite neck, allparts, dimarzio,John east, fretless jazz bass. - *SOLD* £1000 Surrey

[reggieboomboom]

Up for sale is my ultimate build bass. 

Allparts licensed alder body in Olympic white. 

Status graphite unlined fretless neck.

John East J-Retro preamp in black. 

Babicz full-contact bridge In black.

Dimarzio DP123 pups. 

Hipshot ultralite tuners.

Ghs compression wound strings brand new.

 

The body is mint and has no dings or scratches. The neck shows light string marks but does not affect the playing. 

 

This thing sounds incredible and the sustain is beyond anything I have ever owned. The build idea was to be able to get the pino growl which the fretboard and strings in combination achieve in bucket fulls. The John east gives tonnes of options. I honestly think its the best sounding fretless I've ever had. 

 

The problem I have with it is my sloppy intonation from lack of practice time and struggling with the p bass nut width. The strings spacing at the nut just feels a bit wide for my fingers. So as much as it pains me I will be buying a lined fretless and letting this go. The thing looks so damn cool I'm tempted to keep it but someone needs to play it like it deserves. It really does feel like a pro bass and the sound is something that would get even pino himself chubbed up.

 

I would prefer collection as I do not have a case for it. But buying cases etc can be agreed with buyer. 

 

More pics to follow.

Edited March 10 by reggieboomboom
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[itu]

Oh dear! What a tool!

Shall we count minutes to "SOLD"?

[Beedster]

Ah, that neck was mine, very very nice it is too. I've dropped you a PM re a possible trade that could work well for both of us @reggieboomboom

[Bassman Sam]

Good luck Chris.  A touch of  sellers regret?

[Beedster]

4 minutes ago, Bassman Sam said:

Good luck Chris.  A touch of  sellers regret?

 

Hell yes  

 

[Bassman Sam]

Still ironing the multiple t-shirts that I've done that.

[reggieboomboom]

12 hours ago, Bassman Sam said:

Still ironing the multiple t-shirts that I've done that.

I'm sure I'll be the same when this sells. I just wish I had the time and skill to own such a beast of a bass. 

[horrorshowbass]

If everyone on bass chat had a bass baby it would either be this bass or a sunburst P with flats lol.

GLWTS

[reggieboomboom]

On 15/02/2024 at 10:02, horrorshowbass said:

If everyone on bass chat had a bass baby it would either be this bass or a sunburst P with flats lol.

GLWTS

Ita monochrome bitch baby from outer space

[Sammybass]

This looks familiar! 😉

[reggieboomboom]

On 21/02/2024 at 16:19, Sammybass said:

This looks familiar! 😉

Indeed, I utilised the stingray neck and gave this the neck of its dreams. With also a much better pocket fit. 

[reggieboomboom]

The neck also has an additional fret position which is a cool detail. 

[Beedster]

The neck on this is stunning, I've been lucky enough to play some amazing fretless instruments from a very Jaco '69 Jazz to 70's Precisions to 80's Wals to 90's Ray's , even an 00's Rickenbacker, all of which had glorious necks, and I still own a 'keeper' Warmoth fretless Precision neck that for me is my ideal neck in terms of profile, radius, materials and feel, but one thing that my ownership of this Status neck taught me was just how much easier it is to pitch a note on a well-engineered graphite fretless neck than on other necks, and just how harmonically full the note sounds (OK, that's two things I know). If I were playing fretless on stage or in the studio (as opposed to for pleasure) I would have absolutely no problem buying this bass just to get the neck back (nothing wrong with the bass it's on I'd just prefer it on a PJ). If you play fretless seriously, haven't tried a Status, and have the budget, seriously, do yourself a favour, you won't be sorry 👍 

[reggieboomboom]

Thanks @Beedster i agree that it is an unbelievable neck that is worthy of the best players. I would add that this body and bridge seems to give incredible sustain and the John east and dimarzio combo also adds so much variation. 

 

 

[reggieboomboom]

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